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Envoy: Iran arms for Yemen ‘lies’ by US
Amir Saeid Iravani made the statement in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and rotating President of the UN Security Council Pedro Comissario Afonso in response to the recent US accusations against Iran at a Security Council meeting on the situation of Yemen, Press TV reported.
During the public UNSC meeting on May 13, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood claimed that Iran was sending “advanced weapons, including ballistic and cruise missiles” for Yemen’s military and Ansarullah resistance movement.
“It is regrettable that, once again, the US representative used the Security Council’s platform to advance its short-sighted political interests and to justify and legitimize the US’s ongoing illegal actions and military aggression against Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by spreading lies and misinformation about the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the situation in Yemen,” Iravani wrote in his letter.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran unequivocally rejects these unfounded allegations.”
Iravani also rejected the identical allegations made against Tehran by the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom and France in another meeting on Yemen in April.
Yemen’s armed forces have launched dozens of military operations against Israeli-linked shipping since October 2023, when the regime launched its war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The US and Britain have since mid-January carried out air and missile aggression on Yemen, also providing Israel with untrammeled support, including in arms, finance and logistics.